Intended to go out to Halfords/Wilkinsons today and grab some primer but bit the bullet and got a new Citadel one called ‘Corax white’ which is actually grey…which makes total sense to no one.

Also forgot the Golden Griffon which has no non-Citadel equivalent since its a new type of ‘dry’ paint from Citadel, it also isn’t available on Amazon either so it’ll have to be a GW job…I hate that place.

This has also turned in to a big painting session for the weekend with hopefully @TOONFOOD, Kate, her bro and me working through the 600 or so models sat unpainted.

Stuff is arriving in dribs and drabs which annoys me since I paid the more expensive delivery options on stuff but things were delayed at dispatch - thanks again, Wayland Games.

One thing to note, and something that is my mistake really but still: The Army Painter Quickshade cans are small for the price, really small. The images of the cans are fairly misleading and many pages don’t list the size of the cans so you’re paying upwards of £18 for 200ml of varnish which should do 200 minis - there are bigger cans, but the price catapults with the size.

Any way, for those who don’t know what this stuff is, here’s a vid (there are not many good ones, this shows it off a little better than most even if the quality is a bit naf):

Quick process for this is generally:

Prime (you can speed the process along if you use a primer colour that is the same as a base colour you will use a lot of like the video above)

All base colours

Quick shade

Quick edge highlights or dry brush with base colours

The last step is optional unless the shine on the models bugs you:

Matt varnish coat over the top - This can be tricky so you MUST follow the instructions on the can to the letter, fortunately it doesn’t take much of a coat to counteract the shine from the varnish

I have something like 12 Zombies from Zombicide primed in purple, green and blue which we’re going to use as a way of varying the rotting skin colour of the zeds and minus the matt varnish step, we’re going to try the process out on these models over the weekend.

I’ll post some pictures of the primed models up when I get home later.

Just by way of an update from me, this is what I’ve been working on when time permits. I spend a lot of time just looking at it trying to figure out what to do lol. I took these images to send to @naloac for advice on the 2 skulls. I’m committed to using dirty white for the cloth head dress and cape (at least for this unit) but was looking for a way to make the 2 skulls pop a little without looking like they’re the same colour as the cape. Caolan sorted me out though

First Roamer - not happy with his shirt or tie - I fucked up his shirt by not letting the washes dry before I started trying to highlight then and endless cycle of paint and repaint. And I chose a shit colour for the tie: